“Molly's death had a devastating effect on all our lives. Paul never, never came to terms with her death. When Molly died, Paul died with her to be honest.”

Mr Dyer said his brother changed after her death and added: “He absolutely worshipped and adored his daughter. After her funeral he spent almost every day at her grave. He had a chair there whether it was raining or sunshine. He spent hours there.”

Molly, a pupil at Castlebrook School in Bury, had dreamed of becoming a professional dancer. She was diagnosed with a peanut allergy at the age of three and her condition was managed by her family.

She collapsed in front of her mum Meryl Matthews and doctors fought to save her life for four hours before she died. An inquest into Molly's death heard she had eaten the dish twice the previous week while on a family holiday.

Paul, who suffered from asthma, was born in Irlam, Salford. He lived in Bury for around 17 years before moving to Macclesfield, where he worked for pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca.

He was seeing a counsellor when he died and was on prescribed sleeping tablets.

The inquest ruled that Paul had an undiagnosed heart disease and the illness, combined with alcohol, the sleeping tablets and his asthma, led to his death from breathing difficulties.

Coroner Simon Nelson, who presided over Molly's inquest, recorded a narrative verdict, but said he believed that Paul had booked into the hotel intent on taking his life.

Mr Nelson said: “It must have been extraordinarily difficult for him and the whole myriad of emotions he was going through.

“I do believe that his death was a combination of natural and unnatural factors.”

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